“We powder-puffed our way through 45 minutes of Premier League football to be honest,” he said.

“Brown Ideye missed a great chance before they scored. The first half was finished well but we should have dealt with it. The second was from a corner, a set play.

Zamora scored a great third goal, he showed great technique and the fourth shouldn’t have stood as Charlie Austin tripped Gareth McAuley. The was disappointing but the second half was much more spirited. We played with more pace and tempo and created chances.

“Really and truthfully instead of scoring one goal we should have scored two or three others - that’s happened a few times here.”

Pulis said the first half performance, when Albion trailed 3-0, was down to his players taking their foot off the gas after reaching 33 points.

Tony Pulis of West Brom looks on during the Barclays Premier league match West Bromwich Albion and Queens Park Rangers at The Hawthorns

“There’s a lot of things now that go on in footballers’ minds around football clubs,” he said.

“Getting to 33 points and then people listen to social networks and social media, they listen to the press and everything else.

“We haven’t got over the line by a mile yet. As I said to them afterwards: ‘The one thing for sure in this game in this League is that if you are not on it 100 per cent, you will get a rude awakening.’ And they did that today.

“I spoke to them before the game and I’ve spoken to them after the game and we have to be 110 per cent full out. And I just don’t think that was the case first half.

Manager Tony Pulis of West Brom shouts instructions

“Second half we were a lot better. If we could have got that second goal it would have been a proper game. Although the fourth goal stands, it is a very, very poor decision.”

To make matters worse Youssouf Mulumbu will miss three matches for violent conduct after Lee Probert sent him off for an elbow into Joey Barton’s face as they jumped for a high ball.

Pulis defended the midfielder but ruled out an appeal: “He led with his hand up, he hasn’t pulled his elbow back and he hasn’t tried to elbow him in the face. But his hand is up. He has jumped for the ball and has come in on the side and Barton is going into his hand. The referee will say he shouldn’t have his hand up there.”